Analysis of explosives in soil using solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography

Analytical Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1463-1474

  Mayfield, Howard T ^a,b   Burr, Eila ^b   Cantrell, Marlene ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Gas chromatography; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Solid phase microextraction; TNT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744975875     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710600669358     Document Type: Article

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